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A thoroughly stylish stay awaits in Nashville when you book the Suite Getaway offer from Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Hutton Hotel. Not only will you receive 15 percent off a two-night escape in a sumptuous suite, but you’ll also earn a $100 credit to spend on savory Southern fare and creative cocktails at Four-Star WestEnd Kitchen & Bar as well as a complimentary airport transfer. Your Music City visit will have a true VIP feel.

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Everything in Nashville’s Hutton Hotel is geared to the professional
creative. From uber-plush headboards tailor-made for late-night laptop work to studio-grade
songwriter’s rooms and a central location, the Hutton is Music City’s premier working-vacation
location.

After a top-to-bottom refresh in 2017 by Dallas-based Studio
11 Design, the Hutton is a study in contrasts. The lobby’s polished black floors
offset reclaimed wood and comfortable leather, and its 250 rooms mix marble and
accented colorful appliances.

Adjoining the main building, two state-of-the-art
songwriting rooms are outfitted through a partnership with country artist
Dierks Bentley and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder with live plants, comfortable
leather couches and Edison bulbs, providing music industry professionals a
great place to tuck in for a day of blissful composition.

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Our Inspector's Highlights

This 50-year-old building, once the
tallest in Midtown, has witnessed a bustling nightlife spring up around it, and
now a vibrant range of bars, eateries and galleries is easily walkable from the
Nashville
hotel.

In-house music venue Analog, with
custom-printed sound panels and a bespoke Bose system, may hold 300 of your
closest friends, but its plush vintage couches, house cocktails and dim
lighting make it more akin to an intimate house show playing five nights a week.

Find updated takes on mouthwatering
Southern favorites at Four-Star WestEnd
Kitchen & Bar, like hushpuppies with warm pimento cheese and crispy
ham, or the pork chop with chèvre and polenta.

Things to Know

As its name might suggest, the
Midtown neighborhood is a short drive from some of the city’s biggest
attractions, including Nissan Stadium, Bridgestone Arena and the Lower Broadway
honkytonks.

The summer sees an influx of
tourists, including bachelorette parties. Beat the crowds with a quick ride
over to East Nashville, where the city’s creative elite frequent the
neighborhood’s small bars and restaurants.

Bikeshare company B-cycle has
stations all around Nashville, making it easy to ditch your usual ride and explore
the city beyond the boutique hotel. Though if you’re traveling a little further
afield, a Tesla house car keeps your stay convenient and eco-friendly.

Everything from funky sheet music pop
art to a blocks-away proximity to historical Music Row is a nod to the city’s lyrical
legacy.

The Rooms

Hutton Hotel divides its rooms into
Deluxe and Premier spaces, the latter of which begins after the 12th floor.
Premier east-facing rooms gander at an expansive view of downtown, while
west-facing accommodations look out over Vanderbilt University’s lush grounds
and pastoral rolling hills beyond.

Watch the walls — the subtly
undulating pattern of the rooms’ paper was custom-designed to mimic sound waves
in a nod to the city’s musical history.

The Hutton Suite, the luxury
hotel’s top space, spans two floors and connects three bedrooms (two kings and a
double queen) to a six-seat dining space, a double-height living room and a
floor-to-ceiling marble fireplace. A private entrance, a fully stocked bar and on-call
use of the hotel’s Tesla Model S are just a few of the suite’s other VIP perks.

Nearby Attractions

Squeeze behind a table at Robert’s
Western World, where couples two-step as the world-class house band incubates
future country stars.

At Tootsies Orchid Lounge, don’t be
surprised to hear Johnny Cash, Shania Twain and Keith Urban in the same set as
musicians pull from the genre’s decades-old repertoire.

Acme Feed & Seed has four
themed floors, with a honkytonk, a lounge, an event venue and a rooftop bar
providing a scene for everyone. Try one of the 28 beers on tap or sample eclectic
Southern fare, like the smoky redneck lo mein.

Members-only The Spot can be hard
to find — and harder to get into — but this second-story bar allows Nashville’s
elite a chance to rub shoulders over relaxed drinks with a balcony view over
Lower Broadway’s sweaty chaos.